Simply English by Simon Heffer
What is the difference between amend and emend, between imply and infer, and between uninterested and disinterested? When should one put owing to rather than due to? Why should the temptation to write actually, basically or at this moment in time always be strenuously resisted? This book deals with these questions.
Fascinating.. a trove of riveting facts. * Daily Mail *
It’s a bracing read. Heffer takes no linguistic prisoners. This is a useful, well-constructed and often absorbing book. * Spectator *
Simply English is much more readable than a reference book has a right to be ... basically Simply English is rather good. * Observer *
Advice that will change for ever the way you use certain words. * New Statesman *
Easy to use and terribly hard to put down ... Essential. * The Field *
It’s a bracing read. Heffer takes no linguistic prisoners. This is a useful, well-constructed and often absorbing book. * Spectator *
Simply English is much more readable than a reference book has a right to be ... basically Simply English is rather good. * Observer *
Advice that will change for ever the way you use certain words. * New Statesman *
Easy to use and terribly hard to put down ... Essential. * The Field *
Simon Heffer was born in 1960. He read English at Cambridge and took a PhD in modern history at that university. His previous books include: Moral Desperado: A Life of Thomas Carlyle, Like the Roman: The Life of Enoch Powell, Power and Place: The Political Life of King Edward VII, Nor Shall My Sword: The Reinvention of England, Vaughan Williams, Strictly English, A Short History of Power, Simply English and High Minds: The Victorians and the Birth of Modern Britain. In a thirty-year career in Fleet Street, he has held senior editorial positions on The Daily Telegraph and The Spectator, and is now a columnist for The Daily and Sunday Telegraphs.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780099558460 |
| ISBN 10 | 0099558467 |
| Title | Simply English |
| Author | Simon Heffer |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cornerstone |
| Year published | 2015-05-07 |
| Number of pages | 400 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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